For the last few weeks all of a sudden the whole world became very chaotic due to rapid spread of Coronavirus. The coronavirus has rapidly taken center stage in world affairs. WHO declares coronavirus is a pandemic. Many people have lost their loved ones; businesses, universities, sports events & transportation facilities are being shutdown and stock market has meltdown. Many people as well as some towns are in quarantine. Corona has made people’s lives miserable, everyone’s health is at risk, these kinds of unthinkable tragic events have been present in people's lives throughout the Globe.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/46yddkanlgprzvl/CORONA%20CHAOS.m4a?dl=0
We should all take necessary precautions (follow the CDC guidelines: frequent hand wash with soap, no handshakes, isolation of person who is corona positive, no crowded areas, see the doctor if you have flu like symptoms...etc) to remain corona free & stop the spread. Prevention is always better then cure.
There is a lots of emotional stress created by coronavirus. Sometimes we may have seen signs at the construction sites which says "Temporary Inconvenience but Permanent Improvement". But in the material world it is other way around "Temporary Improvement, Permanent Inconvenience". This world is a place of dualities wherein Problems-No problems, Illness-Recovery, Birth-Death, Happiness-Sorrow......etc continue like Summer-Winter cycle throughout in our lives.
SB: 10.14.58 says padaṁ padaṁ yad vipadāṁ na teṣām: There is struggle & danger at every steps in our life. So much distresses, inconveniences, challenges & obstacles in people lives. Many issues to be resolved in healthcare, economy, environment, politics, at home, at work & at county level. We can not escape from this Chaos. Learning to live with chaos is more realistic, progressive and practical or pragmatic. Like running water flows around any obstruction, similarly we should march on through any challenges in our lives.
Time to time we need to turn off our mind from external chaos & BREAKING NEWS (watching too much breaking news will break us emotionally... LOL 😂). We should spare some time to hear/read the scriptures & focus inward for our internal development. Spiritual knowledge helps us to temper our consciousness & strengthen ourselves to face the unexpected chaotic situations in the world. That does not mean to be selfish or irresponsible but it means be attentive but not attached to the situation. Have compassions for others. Be careful & carefree but not careless.
In short we have to learn to live with chaos like CORONA CHAOS. Don’t worry too much, don’t blame others, support each other emotionally, remain calm, keeps smiling & have full faith in medical care & GOD 😃.
Bg 2.14 —O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. Vedabase.io
Have a Coronavirus Free Life 😃.
NAMASTE 🙏.
THANK YOU.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
“God does not play dice with the universe”. Albert Einstein.
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/c3p4wlj7s8w275a/DOES%20GOD%20PLAY%20DICE%20WITH%20THE%20UNIVERSE.m4a?dl=0
Bg 9.5 — And yet everything that is created does not rest in Me. Behold My mystic opulence! Although I am the maintainer of all living entities and although I am everywhere, I am not a part of this cosmic manifestation, for My Self is the very source of creation.
Sunrise & Sunset happen daily....either we see it or not...we can’t control it...LOL 😂. Similarly many things happen in our lives & in this universe are not in our control or God’s control.
The Lord says that, even though he is the creator & maintainer of the living entities, He is not directly concerned with the maintenance and sustenance of this material manifestation. He says that although everything is resting on Him, He is aloof. He is not responsible for the chaos like CORONAVIRUS and many other chaos created by us in this world... 😞, meaning God does not play the dice 🎲 with the universe or with our lives.
Of course there are suggestion manuals like Gita, Bhagavatam & other Scriptures which shows us how to live in this world & leave this world. We have Free Will to implement these suggestions & thus directly or indirectly we are responsible for our birth, thoughts, speech, lifestyles, actions & the results.
Bg 9.10 — This material nature ( three modes ) which is one of My energies, is working under My direction, O son of Kuntī.
( Vedabase.io).
Indirectly, however, everything is controlled by the Supreme Controller of the Universe. It is hard to understand the Lord.
Don’t Worry Too-much, Keep Smiling.....😃.
THANK YOU.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
Life means Passion, Passion is Life and without Passion there is no Life...😆
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/4s2rcigdcuw57on/LIFE%20MEANS%20PASSION.m4a?dl=0
Since childhood, everyone of us has a variety of passions to live & enjoy life. Our passion keeps changing with time, place & circumstances and also keeps us busy. Let’s see some examples below.
1. Passion to play with the toys, ride a bicycle, fun with firecrackers.... 😂.
2. Passion to be wealthy, famous & powerful....
3. Passion to learn new things & to do something good for society by inventing or creating something.
4. Passion to entertain ourselves by going on vacation trips, watching movies & sports & gossiping...LOL 😂.
5. Passion to know the famous vacation spots, country's famous foods, downtown, their expressways, the things they are known for.......so on & so forth.
6. Passion to know everything about business tycoons, film stars, sports players & politicians...LOL 😂.
7. Passion to have many Facebook & Twitter followers... 😂.
8. Passion to solve so many material issues in this world which are created by us...LOL 😂. And so many other varieties of Passion....
In short, our passion helps us to achieve fame, power, wealth & degree, and provides us some entertainment but can’t manufacture the ultimate necessities for survival (foods, air, earth, fire & water). Our passion also can’t save us from aging & death. If we observe the birds, beasts or any other species on this planet; they can maintain, entertain & defend themselves without any education, jobs, wealth, industries, economic policy, material creation, invention or research...but humans with higher intelligence are running around like CRAZY....LOL 😂 😝. So let’s stop running & start thinking..... LOL 😂 🤣😅.
If we use our Passion only for Eating-Sleeping-Mating-Defending & Entertaining then what is the difference between Humans & Animals? What is the advantage of being Human? What is the purpose of my supreme intelligence?
In Reality Human Life Is Never Meant For Sense Gratification, but For Self-Realizatdion. Human Life Is Not a Journey to Resolve the Material Problems Of Life but It Is a Voyage For Spiritual Evolution.
Besides maintaining & entertaining ourselves, we should use little bits of passion to learn, practice & share spiritual wisdom to uplift the Spiritual Consciousness of society — A TRUE PASSION. It is possible only in the human form of life.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
THANK YOU.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
For a Change Let’s Read the OSHO.... LOL 😂. Overall I agree with his explanation & expressions on egolessness; in age of darkness there is always a little disagreement between two minds...😂.
OSHO on EGOLESSNESS:
Krishna is not a seeker. It would be wrong to call him a seeker. He is a siddha, an adept, an accomplished performer of all life’s arts. And what he says in this siddha state, in this ultimate state of mind, may seem to you to be egoistic, but it is not. The difficulty is that Krishna has to use the same linguistic “I” as you do, but there is a tremendous difference in connotation between his “I” and yours. When you say “I” it means the one imprisoned inside your body, but when Krishna says it he means that which permeates the whole cosmos. Hence he has the courage to tell Arjuna, “Give up everything else and come to my feet.” If it were the same “I” as yours – a prisoner of the body – it would be impossible for him to say a thing like this. And Arjuna would have been hurt if Krishna’s “I” were as petty as yours. Arjuna would have immediately retorted, “What are you saying? Why on earth should I surrender to you?” Arjuna would have really been hurt, but he was not.
Whenever someone speaks to another in the language of the ego, it creates an instant reaction in the ego of the other. When you say something in the words of the “I” of the ego, the other immediately begins to speak the same language. We are skilled in knowing the undertones of each other’s words, and we react sharply.
But Krishna’s “I” is absolutely free of all traces of egoism, and for this reason he could call upon Arjuna to make a clean surrender to him. Here, “Surrender to me” really means “Surrender to the whole. Surrender to the primordial and mysterious energy that permeates the cosmos.”
Egolessness comes to Buddha and Mahavira too, but it comes to them after long, hard struggle and toil. But it may not come to most of their followers, because on their paths it is the very last thing to come. So the followers may come to it or they may not. But egolessness comes first with Krishna; he begins where Buddha and Mahavira end. So one who chooses to go with Krishna has to have it at the very beginning. If he fails, there is no question of his going with Krishna.
You can walk a long way in the company of Mahavira with your “I” intact, but with Krishna you have to drop your “I” with the first step; otherwise you are not going to go with him. Your “I” can find some accommodation with Mahavira, but none with Krishna. For Krishna the first step is the last; for Mahavira and Buddha the last step is the first. And it is important for you to bear this difference in mind, because it is a big difference, and a basic difference at that.
Osho, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy , Talk #3
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It is really arduous to understand Krishna. It is easy to understand that a man should run away from the world if he wants to find peace, but it is really difficult to accept that one can find peace in the thick of the marketplace. It is understandable that a man can attain to purity of mind if he breaks away from his attachments, but it is really difficult to realize that one can remain unattached and innocent in the very midst of relationships and attachments, that one can remain calm and still live at the very center of the cyclone. There is no difficulty in accepting that the flame of a candle will remain steady and still in a place well secluded from winds and storms, but how can you believe that a candle can keep burning steadily even in the midst of raging storms and hurricanes? So it is difficult even for those who are close to Krishna to understand him.
Osho, Krishna: The Man and His Philosophy , Talk #1
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You cannot judge from the outside whether a man is wise or foolish because sometimes their acts may be the same.
Krishna says in the Gita to Arjuna, “Fight, but fight with absolute surrender to God. Become a vehicle.” Now, to surrender means absolute awareness, otherwise you cannot surrender. Surrender means dropping the ego, and ego IS your unconsciousness. Krishna says, “Drop the ego and then leave it to God. Then let his will be done. Then whatsoever happens is good.”
Arjuna argues. Again and again he brings new arguments and he says, “But to kill these people – innocent people, they have not done anything wrong – just for the kingdom to kill so many people, so much violence, so much murder, so much bloodshed…how can it be right? Rather than killing these people for the kingdom I would like to renounce and go to the forest and become a monk.”
Now, if you just look from the outside, Arjuna seems to be more religious than Krishna. Arjuna seems to be more a Gandhian than Krishna. Krishna seems to be very dangerous. He is saying, “Drop all this nonsense of being a monk and escaping to the Himalayan caves. That is not for you. You leave everything to God. You don’t decide, you drop this deciding. You simply relax, be in a let-go, and let him descend in you and let him flow through you. Then, whatsoever happens…. If he wants to become a monk through you, he will become a monk. If he wants to become a warrior through you, he will become a warrior.”
Arjuna seems to be more moralistic, puritanistic. Krishna seems to be totally different. Krishna is a Buddha, an awakened being. He is saying, “Don’t you decide. Out of your unconsciousness, whatsoever you decide is going to be wrong, because unconsciousness is wrong.”
And the foolish person lives in unconsciousness. Even if he tries to do good, in fact he succeeds only in doing bad.
THANK YOU.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
“At The End Of a Day, My Life is the Outcome of How I Spend My Energy”.
Audio:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/fuycsua32xr3g5z/HOW%20SHOULD%20I%20SPEND%20MY%20ENERGY%20IN%202020.m4a?dl=0
In every moment of life, I am spending my energy & time, irrespective of the activities I am performing. Out of energy & time factors, I don’t have any control of time; therefore, time is constantly leaking. I can’t recover the lost time, stop the present time or control the future time, but I have some control on how to spend my energy. The Ancient book Gita identifies the different ways I am spending my energy in this world. It depends on my Consciousness described as Modes of Material nature. I am mixtures of three Modes & my Modes or Consciousness fluctuate throughout the day/year. Let’s see some examples below.
1. Mode of ignorance: When our consciousness is acting in the Mode of Ignorance, we like to spend our energy in activities like laziness, intoxication, sleepiness or some kinds of thrilling activities like bungee or monkey 🐒 jumping & gambling... 😂 These kinds of activities give us some kind of transient happiness and thrill, but that’s all...LOL 😂 😝 😆. Spending energy with anger, hate, envy, greed, possessiveness, and rude or reckless behavior is also considered part of the Mode of Ignorance.
Bg 18.39 — And that happiness which is blind to self-realization, which is delusion from beginning to end and which arises from sleep, laziness and illusion is said to be of the nature of ignorance.
2. Mode of passion: When I am acting in the Mode of Passion, I like to spend my energy for personal sense gratification activities like eating palatable food, shopping, vacationing, watching sports & movies....etc. Energy spent to receive fame & power is also in the Mode of Passion. Sometimes too much passion for fame & power creates havoc & all kinds of scandals in society. These activities taste like nectar in the beginning, but are poison in the end. Maybe for some people, it always tastes like nectar....LOL.
Bg 18.38 — That happiness which is derived from contact of the senses with their objects and which appears like nectar at first but poison at the end is said to be of the nature of passion.
3. Mode of Goodness: Whenever & whatever energy we have spent with our families, friends, colleagues, society & nature with compassion, kindness, ethics, discipline, modesty & honesty—regardless of the mistakes, deficiencies or weaknesses (either in a building relationships, earning money, executing social, professional or political responsibilities .....or any other projects of our life), there is inner satisfaction & happiness. We should regulate our eating, sleeping, recreation & work and perform exercises to improve our physical fitness. There is happiness in the Mode of Goodness lifestyle.
4. Transcendental Mode: In order to generate more energy & spend the energy in right direction, we need to spend some energy (30-45 minutes every day) for our Spiritual Sadhna or Spiritual Yoga. Spiritual Yoga is about building an unconditional loving relationships & services to God. Energy spent in this Mode makes me more energetic, efficient, ethical, loving & cultured individual and also gives me long lasting internal happiness.
Bg 18.37 — That which in the beginning may be just like poison but at the end is just like nectar and which awakens one to self-realization is said to be happiness in the mode of goodness.
God has given us the Intelligence & Free Will to spend our time & energy the way we would like to spend it.
Bg 18.63 — Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.
Have a Fruitful & Happy 2020.
Thank You.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
Why Gita is a Bible, Quran, Torah, Kalpa-Sutra, Tripitaka or Guru Granth Sahib of Humanity?
Audio: https://www.dropbox.com/s/aguf6e4apvz0iz6/WHY%20GITA%20IS%20a%20BIBLE%20OF%20HUMANITY.m4a?dl=0
Gita is a Biography of our own life, a book of True Knowledge relevant to everyone on this planet 🌎. Just like material knowledge leads us towards material perfection, similarly Spiritual knowledge leads us towards spiritual perfection. Gita shows us where we are standing at current moments in our lives and which direction we are heading. Gita points out our strengths as well as weaknesses, deficiencies or defects and shows us how to overcome them. Gita helps us to standstill while facing any kind of storm in our lives. Gita’s thoughts makes us a LOVING & LESS FEARFUL personality..... little bit of fear because of wife, hopefully FEARLESS in next life.... LOL 😂 🤣😅.
The Eleven Bullet Points where Gita talks about Me, not about any religion.
1. My Identity: Who am I ? What is my real identity? I am an eternal Soul living in the material body until body is no longer livable and will then transmigrate to another body after death.
2. My Birth & Desires: Why am I born to a specific family? My specific desires & actions to enjoy this world are causes for my birth in a specific family.
3. My Duty: Gita is suggesting me to perform my prescribed duty with a good consciousness & without expectation (either as a parent, child, spouse, teacher, student, friend, employee, citizen of a nation...or any other role given to me) which indirectly will improves my family, professional, socioeconomic and nation’s lives....A win win strategy.
4. My Mentality: How am I reacting while facing this world? Gita talks about three Gunas or Modes of Material Nature which signify my thinking, behavior, actions & interactions with the world.....
5. My Yoga: Lord Krishna in the Gita has spoken on every kind of Yoga which includes Dhyana Yoga , Karma Yoga, Knowledge Yoga & Spiritual Yoga to show me how to live an efficient, satisfactory, peaceful, joyful & fulfilling life.
6. My Lifestyle, Food & Health: In the long run, food plays a major role in my mental & physical health. Gita is suggesting that I eat the foods (fresh, juicy, wholesome) which can purify me, give me strength, satisfaction and increase my longevity. Gita also saying that I should control my eating, sleeping, recreation and work. There is happiness in the Mode of Goodness lifestyle.
7. My Relationship with the Creator (God) & his Creation: The Gita talks about who God is. How can I understand God? How do I build the unconditional loving relationships with God & his creations?
8. My Direction/Destiny: My overall direction in life is dependent on my consciousness & desires. Where I am heading? Gita talks about results of my actions or Karma. My destiny is the result of summation of an individual action performed throughout the life; it is the reservoir of my Karmas.
9. My Reformation: How do I overcome a situation? How do I change my thinking, behavior, lifestyle...and my direction?... Like this there are many questions & answers in the Gita.
10. My Happiness & Liberation: Once I understand myself & God, I will understand everything happening in my life.....there will be no complaints...LOL....and I will be happy & liberated (Moksha) here only.
11. My Free Will: Finally, Gita talks about my free will to live my life as I wish.
The essences of Gita is Spiritual or Bhakti Yoga. Spiritual Yoga is about building unconditional loving relationships & services to God which includes humanity. My inner development, joy & moksha or liberation are the byproducts of Spiritual Yoga—A Spiritual Journey towards God.
Yes, Gita is a Masterpiece & Master key to become a Successful & Selfless Human. There are many slokas in Gita which can explain the above mentioned bullet points in depth. Here are the few slokas....
Bg 2.13 — As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.
Bg 6.43 — On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru.
Bg 13.24 — One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain liberation. He will not take birth here again, regardless of his present position.
Bg 14.20 — When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes associated with the material body, he can become free from birth, death, old age and their distresses and can enjoy nectar even in this life.
Bg 18.54 — One who is thus transcendentally situated at once realizes the Supreme Brahman and becomes fully joyful. He never laments or desires to have anything. He is equally disposed toward every living entity. Vedabase.com
It is easy to say, but difficult to follow. I am in the same boat with everyone else, or I may even be behind, but thinking in the right direction will help us to go in the right direction.
THANK YOU.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com . Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
I have found great satisfaction in sharing articles with all of you, mostly based on the Vedic Scriptures Gita & Bhagavatam. Sharing the articles is my Devotion to the God/Gita/Guru and Reading the articles, meaning reading the Gita is your Devotion to God...LOL 😂. My Blog is null & void if there is no mention of the Gita’s slokas. I am addicted to Gita and hopefully my addiction will continue by the grace of Guru & God.... LOL 😂 LOL 🤣...LOL.
Today is the 5156th anniversary of Gita on Mokshada Ekadashi. Let’s proudly celebrate the Gita’s birthday by hearing, reading, writing or chanting it’s Slokas. Gītā is a Masterpiece of Spiritual Science & Yoga. It is not a book of religion, but rather a book of spiritual knowledge to know my inner Spiritual nature. Gita is eternal, it’s meaning does not change with time, places or circumstances. Gita’s philosophy is profound & universally applicable to any consciousness, community & culture, irrespective of the their religion & nationalities.
Gita shows me the path to become a great Human Being. The philosophy of the Gita can empower us with the spiritual intelligence & wisdom to live a thoughtful, compassionate, enthusiastic, peaceful, happy & inspirational life. Thoughts of Gita can help us to get rid of bad habits, improve our lifestyle & elevate our consciousness. By hearing, reading, understanding & implementing the fundamental truths & principles from the Gita, we can become Joyful, Vibrant, Sober & Responsible people.
Gita is not a book of commandments, but it is book of the choices & consequences of choosing these choices. It is a love letter from God to us. It is a book which reveals the vision of God who respects the human Intelligence & Free Will. Yet, it is up to me how deliberately I want to use my free will & intelligence while making choices in this world. At the end of the day, my choices, thoughts, words, actions & behavior have an impact on me, my family, friends, society and the nation I live in.
Some times I get tempted or carried away to encourage my family & friends to read the Gita because Gita is a like a fruit, so delicious, tasty & juicy....LOL 😀.
Bg 13.24 — One who understands this philosophy concerning material nature, the living entity and the interaction of the modes of nature is sure to attain liberation. He will not take birth here again, regardless of his present position.
Bg 18.63 — Thus I have explained to you knowledge still more confidential. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do. Vedabase.io
Have a Gita Reading Day.
It is easy to say, but difficult to follow. I am in the same boat with everyone else, or I may even be behind, but thinking in the right direction will help us to go in the right direction.
With respect to everyone’s values & beliefs, whichever GUIDELINES ( Bible, Quran, Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other...) METHODS or WAYS work for us is good.
THANK YOU.
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MY SPIRITUAL INSPIRATION , SOURCE & THE GURUS:
I am inspired to hear & read the Vedic Scriptures by regularly listening to Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale, also known as Dadaji ( speaks on Srimad Bhagavad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and the association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
I also hear and read the discourses & literature on Vedic thoughts from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples ( HH Bhakti Rasamitra Swami, HH Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Shubha Vilas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Amarnath Dasa, HH Bhakticharu Swami, HH Urmila Devi Dasi, HH Sivarama Swami, HH Radhanath Swami, HH Romapada Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu (Gujarati & Hindi), Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
FYI: A good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com Srimad Bhagavad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam (SB) is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures. Repeatedly hearing/reading & meditating the Scriptures, Eating Sanctified Pure Food and Chanting or Hearing the Vedic Mantras are nourishing to our heart (Soul), transcendental to our consciousness, purifying to our senses and thus helps us to overcome our weaknesses or deficiencies. Yes, we do have good qualities within us but there is always a room for improvement.
It is always a good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Thanks to the Facebook & Social media for providing me the platform. Of course I use Smartphone & Google search to collect some data.
Besides my parents, wife, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE. Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by Grace of the Guru & God (Krishna , Absolute Truth).
NOTE:
Many times a word Hearing is used instead of Listening when it comes to the Scriptures. Because Scriptures are so potent that simply by Hearing them even if you don’t try to interpret or analyze or understand them still there will be passive positive effects on our mind & senses.
We can follow either the Quran, Bible,Torah, Tripitaka-Buddhism, Agama-Jainism, Guru Granth Sahib-Sikhism, Gita or any other Philosophy which makes sense to us, purifies us, elevates our consciousness and qualifies us to understand God and instill the love of God & his creation. (whichever way we can understand God — either Personal with many names or Impersonal as an universal consciousness & energy).
Don’t try to understand God by Name, Religion or Depiction (means image, picture...etc) but try to understand him by the Definition through Scriptures. The Transcendental subject of God & his creation cannot be understood by mental speculation. Some times people ask why God is Supreme? It is just like asking why is the circle circular? Just by definition, the circle is circular. Similarly by definition, God is unborn, complete, unlimited, infinite, eternal, the Absolute Truth the source of everything, cause of all causes.
I see God, besides the above mentioned qualities, as an eternal living person (not a abstract or some kind of light) known by the name KRISHNA meaning one who attracts everyone has also MANY other NAMES, forms, abodes, incarnations, activities, qualities, associates, is full of wisdom, bliss, and the cause of all causes.
Bg 9.17 — I am the father of this universe, the mother, the support and the grandsire. I am the object of knowledge, the purifier and the syllable oṁ. I am also the Ṛg, the Sāma and the Yajur Vedas.
TEXT 18: Gita 9.18: I am the goal, the sustainer, the master, the witness, the abode, the refuge and the most dear friend. I am the creation and the annihilation, the basis of everything, the resting place and the eternal seed.
Bg:13-12:— Accepting the importance of self-realization; and philosophical search for the Absolute Truth ( God ) – all these I declare to be knowledge, and besides this whatever there may be is ignorance. ( Vedabase.com ).
